Clothes-drier



O. B. BAKER.

CLOTHES DRIER.

(No Model.)

No. 593,186. Patented Nov. 9,1897.

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UNITED STATES ATENT tries.

CHARLIE BENTON BAKER, OF SALTILLOVILLE, INDIANA.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 593,186, dated November9, 1897.

Application filed April 29, 1896. Serial N0x 589,569. (No model.)

To a-ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLIE BENTON BAKER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residin g at Saltilloville, in the county of W'ashington andState of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Drier, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in clothes-driers.

The object of the present invention is to 1 improve the construction ofclotheswlriers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient oneadapted to be readilysuspended from 'a ceiling and capable of compactlyhanging the clothes out of the way adjacent to the ceiling, where theair is the warmest and is best adapted for rapidly drying the clothes.

A. further object of the invention is to enable the clothes to bereadily placed on and removed from the drier and to permit the latter tobe readily removed from the ceiling when desired.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a clothesdrierconstructed in accordancewith this invention. Fig. 2 is a detailsectional view illustrating the construction of the fastening devicesfor attaching the supporting-frame to a ceiling. Fig. 3 is a detailsectional view illustrating the manner of detachably securing thedrier-arms to the longitudinal bar of the drier-frame. Fig. 4: isadetail sectional view on line 4 40f Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a supporting frame detachably secured to a ceiling andcomposed of crossed diagonally-disposed bars 2, centrally secured to ablock or head 3 and arrangedin L-shaped hooks or hangers 4, providedwith threaded shanks and arranged to engage the joists of a building inorder to afford a firm support. The outer portions of the bars of thesupporting-frame are retained in the L- shaped hooks or hangers bypivoted locking devices 5, consisting of shanks forming the pivotsandarms extending from the shanks at right angles and adapted to engage theshanks of the L-shaped hooks or hangers. Two of the arms are providedwith pivoted locking devices or buttons, and this number is sufficientfor securely retaining the supporting-frame in the L-shaped hangers orhooks. The pivoted locking devices are adapted to be turned out ofengagement with the hooks when it is desired to remove thesupporting-frame.

A drier-frame 6 is suspended from the supporting-frame by cords or ropes7 or other similar connections. The cords or ropes 7 are secured attheir lower terminals to the supporting-frame at the ends of parallelbars 8 and extend upward to pulleys 9, which are arranged at the outerends of the crossed bars 2 of the supporting-frame, and they then extendto a pair of pulleys 10, mounted on the supporting-frame at the block orhead thereof. The upper terminals of the cords or ropes are attached toa ring 11, which is connected with one end of a hoisting rope or cord12, and the latter extends horizontally fromthe supporting-frame to apulley 13, which is mounted on one of the walls of the room. Thehoisting rope or cord 12 is provided at its outer or lower end with apulley, through which passes a securing rope or cord 14, which has oneend attached to the wall at a point below the pulley 13 and which isadapted to be connected to a hook 15 for holding the drier-frame at anydesired adjustment.

The L-shaped hooks or hangers are disposed away from the wall on whichthe pulley 13 is mounted, so that the tension or strain on thehoisting-rope will operate to retain the supporting-frame on thehorizontal arms of the hooks orhangers and against the vertical arms ofthe same. The pulley 13 is detachably secured to the wall by means of ascrew, hook, or the like.

The drier-frame comprises a longitudinal bar and the cross-bars S, whichare arranged parallel with each other. The longitudinal bar is providedat its side edges with a series of sockets 16, receiving drier-arms 17,which are detachable and which consist of rods.

The sockets at one edge of the longitudinal bar are arranged oppositethe intervals be tween the sockets at the other edge of the longitudinalbar, and both sets or series of sockets extend inward through the barbeyond the center thereof to cause the inserted portions of thedrier-arms to overlap, whereby the bar is strengthened and is preventedfrom splitting lengthwise. This construction enables a lighter bar to beemployed than would be the case were the drier-arms to extend onlyhalf-Way through the longitudinal bar or a less distance.

The drier-arms may be of any desired number and are detachable tofacilitate m0unting the clothes to be dried on the drier-frame and alsoto enable them to be removed from the drier-frame when the clothes-drieris not in use, in order to keep them perfectly clean to avoid soilingclothes.

The supporting-frame is provided with a pulley or roller 18, located ashort distance from the pulleys or rollers 10 and adapted to be employedwhen the hoisting-rope is not connected with the pulley 13 of the sidewall.

It will be seen that the clothes-drier is exceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to be readily applied toa ceiling and is quickly removed therefrom, and thatit is capable ofenabling clothes to be hung close to the ceiling Where the air is thewarmest and best adapted for drying clothes.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of constructionv maybe resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacri-. ficingany of the ad vantages of this invention.

What I claim is 1. In a. clothes-drier, the combination of asupporting-frame composed of crossed bars centrally connected, pulleys 9arranged at the ends of the crossed bars, a pair of pulleys 10 centrallymounted on the supporting-frame,

a drier-frame,supporting-ropes extending up ward from the drier-frame,passing over the pulleys 9 and extending to the center of thesupporting-frame and passing around and between the pair of pulleys 10,the inner portions of said supporting-ropes extending from the pulleys10 in the same direction, the pulley 18 mounted on the supporting-frameand extending beneath the inner portions of said ropes, the pulley 13designed to be mounted on a wall in the same plane as the other pulley,a rope 12 passing over the pulley 13 and having its upper end connectedwith each of the supporting-ropes and provided at its lower end with apulley, a rope 14 passing over the latter and having one end permanentlysecured to a suitable support and adapted to have its other enddetachably connected with the same, and means for mounting thesupporting-frame at the ceiling of the room,.sub stantially asdescribed. Y

2. In a clothes-drier, the combination of a supporting-frame composed ofcrossed bars, the Lshaped hangers designed to be secured permanently toand depend from a ceiling and having their horizontal portions receiving and supporting the crossed bars, and the pivoted locking devicesmounted on the crossed bars and engaging the vertical portions of thehangers, and adapted to be turned out of such engagement to permit theremoval of the supportingfi'ame, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the'foregoiug as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLIE BENTON BAKER. lVitn esses:

ELMA C. Wines, JOSEPH L. SHANKs.

